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Fixing size of UI for two different displays
This might be a naive question. I have laptop (Dell XPS 15 Base) which has maximum resolution 3840 x 2160. And I have extended my display with an external LCD Dell UltraSharp 2408WFP which has maximum ...
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Window resolution gets screwed up when docking or undocking laptop
I have an HP EliteBook 850 and 2 HP EliteDisplay E231. The laptop has a 14" screen and the monitors are both 23". If I undock the laptop without shutting down first, the resolution of the windows get'...
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External Monitor Resolution Only Available On Extend Display But Changes When Lid Is Closed
I have an Acer Aspire E11 laptop and I am running Windows 8.1 with an older Gateway 17" monitor as a secondary display.
My objective is to use the laptop essentially as a desktop while at home with ...
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How do I set/force/enable specific (second) monitor to very low resolution in Windows 8.1?
I am using nVidia graphics card. I have two monitors - one normal, 1080p, and second, special display, connected to VGA, capable only of 400x300 pixels. However, since it's very OLD, it's missing any ...
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Save desktop configuration (multi-monitor and/or external monitor)
My laptop using a 1920x1080 resolution for the desktop. When I load Visual Studio or Google Chrome or something else, I expect the window layout to be "just so".
Every now and then I would like to ...
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Windows 8.1 DPI per monitor: In which situations does it interpolate?
I'm curious about the new "DPI per monitor" feature of Windows 8.1.
My question concerns legacy applications that do support a global DPI setting, but are not yet "per monitor DPI aware". These ...
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Asus S400CA with Philips 220SW monitor screen resolution stuck at 1024x768
I have an Asus S400CA notebook running on Windows 8.1 and connecting it to my external monitor Philips 220SW. The screen resolution is stuck at 1024x768 and the dropdown is disabled so I cannot change ...
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How do I make Windows scale the taskbar correctly after I switch to monitors with different DPIs?
I have a laptop that has a native 3200x1800 15" high-DPI display, and a docking station connected to two 1920x1200 23" monitors.
If I sign in while the external monitors are disconnected, the task ...
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Fixing Dell XPS 12 High DPI scaling
I have a Dell XPS 12 with a 12.5" Full HD display, extended onto an external 24" WUXGA display. With the default scaling, text on the Dell screen is unreadably small at normal reading distances, while ...
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Windows 8.1 second monitor large with low resolution
I am running Windows 8.1 on a Lenovo Y50. I am connecting to a Lenovo LS2023 20" Wide external monitor and I am having some trouble with getting the displays to scale properly.
The Y50 is a 15.6" ...
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Strange scaling when duplicating monitors with another screen
I can't get two monitors to scale application resolutions the same way. My main monitor works normally. My second monitor however, which is set to duplicate its image onto a TV I have in my room, ...
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Windows 8.1 extending displays
I have an old Inspiron 6400. I want to be able to extend/duplicate my display over to another monitor, but am unable to do so. I can use either of the monitors when I activate CRT/LCD switch on the ...
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How can I avoid Windows 8.1 resetting my font size?
I am using Windows 8.1 on my laptop, which has a 15.6" screen with resolution 1366x768. I measured the screen with a ruler and calculated its DPI, which is 101. Therefore, I have set the scaling to ...
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